Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea

Monstrilloida Sars G.O., 1901

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Monstrillidae Dana, 1849-1852

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: モンストリラ目

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1901). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts I & II. Calanidae, Eucalanidae, Paracalanidae , Pseudocalanidae, Aetideidae (part). An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 4:1-26, pls. 1-16.
basis of record	Brusca, R.C.; Brusca, G.J. (1990). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA (USA). ISBN 0-87893-098-1. 922 pp.
additional source	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.
additional source	Dias, C.O. (2002). Taxonomia e distribuição geográfica dos Monstrilloida (Copepoda -- Crustacea) do Atlântico sul ocidental. Taxonomy and geographic distribution of Monstrilloida (Copepoda -- Crustacea) from the South Occidental Atlantic. Tese de Doutorado, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 336 pp. [In Portuguese and English].

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Monstrilloida. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1106